andrew holway wrote:
I have been in contact with them to see if we can get some kind of benchmark.
I want to see how they perform against AMD/intel. I might give it a go
if the numbers work.
Cheers
Andy
On 15/11/2007, Mark Hahn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
It is really interesting to see that they've sold out. I do agree that
yes - I didn't want to reiterate the previous discussion. my only
intended topic was the selling out and wondering whether anyone
would admit to building a cluster of them. (not that there would
be anything morally suspect in building such a cluster ;)
The mainboard in the Wal-mart/Everext PC is a VIA Mfg. NO: PC2500E:
http://www.via.com.tw/en/initiatives/empowered/pc2500_platform/index.jsp
ClubIT Price: $59.99:
http://www.clubit.com/product_detail.cfm?itemno=A4842001
The cpu is a 1.5GHz VIA C7-D:
http://www.via.com.tw/en/products/processors/c7-d/index.jsp
32 bit
400MHz FSB
sixteen pipeline stages
MMX, SSE, SSE2 and SSE3
128KB full-speed exclusive L2 cache
The chipset is a VIA CN700:
http://www.via.com.tw/en/products/chipsets/c-series/cn700/index.jsp
and supports up to 2GB of DDR2 533/400 with a maximum memory bandwidth
of 4.2GB/s.
The memory controller for the C7-D is in the chipset like the Intel's
and not in the CPU's like AMD. LinuxBIOS support for the C7+CN700 was
just posted earlier today.
There is an Intel Mainboard+CPU D201GLY that is only priced at $10.00
more than the VIA board at $69.99:
http://www.intel.com/products/motherboard/D201GLY/index.htm
featuring a Celeron Model 215 1.33 GHz CPU:
http://www.intel.com/products/processor/celeron/index.htm
http://download.intel.com/design/processor/datashts/31854602.pdf
64 bit
Two 32-KB L1 Caches
512-KB L2 Cache
FSB bandwidth of up to 6.4 GB/s at 533MHz
and SiS SiS662 chipset:
http://www.sis.com/products/sis662.htm
1GB DDR2 533MHz 4.2GB/s max. bandwidth
Intel D201GLY $69.99 at:
http://shop2.outpost.com/%7BU123qOK-liVHcXT1Px+VhQ**.node1%7D/product/5325528;jsessionid=U123qOK-liVHcXT1Px+VhQ**.node1?site=sr:SEARCH:MAIN_RSLT_PG
or
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813121317&Tpk=D201gly
Another inexpensive option with higher performance are the SiS761GX
mainboards. Now with LinuxBIOS support!
Still no x11, dri, OpenGL drivers yet though (hint, hint SiS). Not
really a problem for clustering though.
761GXM-M V1.0
http://www.ecsusa.com
2000/1600 mega-transfers per second - Hyper Transport
Socket AM2 Sempron processors
Memory bandwidth up to 12.8GB/s with Dual Channel DDR2 800
http://www.amd.com/us-en/Processors/ProductInformation/0,,30_118_11599,00.html
SiS761GX mainboard + Sempron CPU for $49.99.
ECS GOAL3+ AMD Sempron 3000+ 754 SiS 761 GX Micro ATX Motherboard/CPU Combo
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813135060
3.2GB/s 400MHz DDR
1600MT/s system bus
only socket 754 but the AM2 versions are out soon.
For price/performance on the low cost end the AM2 Sempron + Sis761GX
will be better than Intel Celeron + SiS SiS662 and also the VIA C7-D +
CN700.
The VIA C7-D cpu's consume much less power (only 20W maximum) than
either the Intel Celeron-D (65W) or AMD Sempron(45-62W). It depends on
how much you pay for power (and how long), floor space, enclosures, hard
drives etc. to be able to compare the total long term/lifetime of the
cost/price/performance numbers.
-Bari
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